A domestic help was allegedly tortured by her landlady over a trivial matter at a house in Savar municipality's Talbag area.

A man and his daughter were killed when a brick-laden truck ran them over on the on Narayanganj-Panchabati road in Narayanganj city today.

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) today honoured nine firms for paying the highest amount of value-added tax (VAT) in their respective sectors in 2019-20 fiscal year.

Natural resources and workers at home and abroad bear the cost of development, said speakers at a webinar yesterday.

“The society should boycott the corrupt” -- that’s President Abdul Hamid’s curt prescription to end corruption in Bangladesh.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday urged women in the country to move forward by breaking all the social barriers -- big or small -- and be on the path guided by Begum Rokeya.

In a backchannel message, Henry Kissinger, the US president’s Assistant for national security affairs, informed US

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal today handed over the National Human Development Report 2021 to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, which was prepared to mark the birth centenary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and 50 years Bangladesh's independence.

Bangladesh Road Transport Authority fined Tk 57,31,400 to 1,408 buses during a month-long drive against charging extra fares to passengers in Dhaka and Chattogram cities.

A Chattogram court today sentenced five robbers to life in prison in a case filed for raping four women of an expatriate family during a robbery in Karnafuli upazila of the district in 2017.

Citing the constitution that makes it mandatory to protect forest, environment and wildlife, Environment Minister Md Shahab Uddin today said they were not able to conserve wildlife.

Four school students have been abducted, allegedly by two Rohingyas, in Ramu upazila of Cox’s Bazar.

One more dengue patient died and 31 were hospitalised in 24 hours, till 8:00am today, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Detectives have arrested the prime accused -- driver of a lorry -- in connection with a case filed over the death of a Green University student in a road accident in Dhaka on December 4.

No Covid-19 death was reported in 24 hours (till 8am today), according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

The rise in fuel and scrap steel prices in the international market is having a negative impact on our economy. It has also affected the rod prices. Rod prices have gone up 32 percent (estimated) from last year.

Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) today announced its “Investigative Journalism Awards 2021” during a programme held at its office in the capital’s Dhanmondi.

The government has selected 176 businessmen to award them with the 'Commercially Important Person' (CIP) status for their outstanding contribution on merchandise export and as a recognition to their roles in different trade bodies.

The Dhaka stocks bounced back today just after a day's correction.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been ranked 43rd on Forbes’ list of the most powerful women in the world.